Sept. 23: Portfolio construction: Basic tools and techniques.

Handout: Contrast, Repetition, Alignment, Proximity from the Non-Designers Design book. And introduction to web surfing habits from the book Don't Make Me Think!

Oct. 7: Professional resume, LinkedIn and Marlboro CareerLink

In today's class we will go over how to write a professional resume, build your LinkedIn profile and log onto Marlboro CareerLink. You will have time in class to work on either your resume or your LinkedIn profile.

Nov. 4: Usability testing your site

"A technique used to evaluate a product by testing it with representative users." - useit.com.

The hardest part of creating anything for humans, is testing with humans! This because testing is judgement of our creative work. Research and best practices show that 3 to 5 representative users can expose a around 80% of problems with almost any website. - Source